World Economic Forum kicks off in DavosJanuary 26, 2011 - 11:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Business leaders will tackle topics like globalization, social network addiction, burn-out and the economic rise of India and China at the World Economic Forum in Davos for the next few days. The mood is expected to be much more optimistic than in the past two years, with many expecting a boom in 2011, RTE reports. The WEF is hosting 1400 from top 1,000 companies around the world, 30 heads of state or government, renowned academicians and faith leaders. Armenia is not participating. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |